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Create your own set of nesting bowls as you explore soft slab handbuilding techniques in this three-week workshop. Roll and cut out the base and walls, join them together, and decorate to personalize your one-of-a-kind creations. Tuition includes all supplies, as well as kiln loading and firing.

Explore the wonders of printmaking on a smaller scale while working with small linocut blocks and mini eraser prints. Create relief printing blocks to be printed during the Saturday workshop and also taken home for continued use in mixed media ventures, scrapbooking, and card making. You will also learn about and have the opportunity to ...

Using a palette of only four colors (based on the Anders Zorn palette), explore the range of tone and hue that mixing will allow. A limited palette creates color harmony and is also a more efficient and cheaper way to paint. Class will start with a mixing exercise to create a color chart. After you ...

Discover the magic of throwing clay on the pottery wheel and learn as you are guided through the fundamentals of wheel throwing in this one-afternoon workshop. Whether you are a beginner or looking to refine your skills, learn to center, pull, and shape clay into beautiful vessels. Join us for an afternoon of fun and ...

Discover a variety of watercolor material applications to develop various outcomes to be used in personal work. In this weekend workshop, collage and image transfer techniques will also be shared to explore mixed media approaches for resolved art works. All skill levels welcome. Tuition includes all supplies.

Explore a variety of experimental approaches to observational and inventive drawing in this Saturday workshop open to all skill levels. A wide variety of contour drawing techniques, layering processes, and drawing materials will be examined. You will be encouraged to utilize the still life as subject matter, as well as a departure point for abstract ...

Explore taking a simple still life photograph and transform it into an abstract or impressionist image through the use of long exposure and camera movement in this afternoon workshop. All skill levels welcome. Bring your smartphone with the Slow Shutter Cam app installed.

Learn how to paint portraits in watercolor with emotion and depth. This one-afternoon workshop will guide you through watercolor’s mysterious beauty through a focus on techniques, color exploration, capturing emotions, and portraiture. Join a supportive space to grow in your creative journey. Basic watercolor skills and confidence in handling the medium are recommended. Tuition includes ...

Working from a live nude model, sculpt multiple gestural poses, done quickly to capture movement and rhythm. Without a lot of detail, the small gestural maquette is a valuable way to work out composition and allows for more dynamism in the pose. These clay sketches are the 3-D version of gesture drawing and an important ...

Whether you are new to artmaking or want to build skills that will help in other disciplines, this course will help you gain confidence and have fun! Learn principles of perspective, shading, composition—and how to draw what you see, not what you think you see—while working in pencil and charcoal. Supply list will be included ...

Work on your oil painting projects and receive individual instruction. Students drive the topics, and the instructor will demonstrate various techniques in oil painting; discuss different substrates, color mixing, and composition; and work with you to tailor the classes to your specific questions and goals. All skill levels welcome. Supply list included in confirmation. (Estimated ...